Hofgeismar () is a town in the
district of Kassel, in northern
Hesse
Hesse (, , ) or Hessia (, ; german: Hessen ), officially the State of Hessen (german: links=no, Land Hessen), is a state in Germany. Its capital city is Wiesbaden, and the largest urban area is Frankfurt. Two other major historic cities are ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
. It is located 25 km north of
Kassel
Kassel (; in Germany, spelled Cassel until 1926) is a city on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Regierungsbezirk Kassel and the district of the same name and had 201,048 inhabitants in December 2020 ...
on the
German Timber-Frame Road. In 1978 and in 2015, the town hosted the 18th ''
Hessentag'' state festival.
History
The first written document mentioning Hofgeismar dates back to the year 1082.
People
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Martin Zielke (born 1963), German banker
See also
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Schöneberg (Hofgeismar)
Schöneberg is a village and a municipal division (''Stadtteil'') of the town of Hofgeismar in the district of Kassel in northern Hesse, Germany. West of the village, there are the ruins of a castle dating from the 12th century that bears the same ...
References
External links
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Image:Hofgeismar-Schönburg.JPG, Schönburg in Hofgeismar
Image:Altstädter-Kirche.JPG, Church in Altstadt
Kassel (district)
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